Rand Paul: 'I think we have to try something new'

Rand Paul keynotes the Iowa GOP's Lincoln Dinner after a day of speaking events throughout the state

5:38 PM,
May 10, 2013

Republican Rand Paul said in Iowa today he?s going to take his politicking to moderate voters, and away from fire-breathing ultra-conservatism that turns off people who favor same-sex marriage and abortion rights. (Associated Press File Photo)

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia. - Republican Rand Paul is going to take his politicking to moderate voters, and away from fire-breathing ultra-conservatism that turns off people who favor same-sex marriage and abortion rights, he said in Iowa today.

But he also met for a full hour with deeply conservative Iowa pastors - a team of men who came away impressed, saying they're certain that Paul has "a Biblical world view" and the Christian values they're looking for in a presidential candidate.

"Elections are about independents and moderates," Paul, a U.S. senator from Kentucky who has all but declared a ...